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Amplifiers
The first electronic instrument
amplifiers were designed for use with electric guitars. The earliest
examples appeared in the early 1930s. Tone controls on early guitar
amplifiers were very simple and provided a great deal of treble
boost but the controls the loudspeakers used and the low power of
the amplifiers had poor high treble and bass response. Guitar
amplifiers are manufactured in two main forms. The "combination" (or
combo) amplifier contains the amplifier head and guitar speakers in
a single unit. The amplifier head or "amp head" contains the
electronic circuitry constituting the preamp, built-in effects
processing, and power amplifier. In the other form, the amplifier
head is separate from the speakers, and joined to them by cables. A
separate amplifier head placed atop a guitar speaker enclosure or
guitar speaker cabinet forms an amplifier stack or "amp
stack".